Japan may boost security after supertanker incident

ABU DHABI Aug 9 (Reuters) - Japan may boost security aboard
its vessels in the wake of an alleged attack on a Japanese
supertanker near the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil shipping
route, a Japanese trade official said on Monday.

"We may be considering adding security and taking
alternative routes, but this is just a consideration," said
Hideichi Okada, vice-minister of international affairs in
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

He was speaking in the United Arab Emirates capital.

The UAE state news agency said last week that militants
attacked the supertanker with explosives on July 28.
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